Poorly F5

[Dave Green]

Dug the F5 out last night...

Stuck in 8 fully charged AA batteries.

All lights, metering, AF etc working fine.

Shutter won't fire - film won't load - no error messages to suggest the self-diagnostic shutter has picked up a fault.

If I stick a new film in - and close the back - nothing. No wind on to frame 1 - nothing if I press either shutter button.

It's been stood unused for a couple of years - but worked fine when I last used it.

Thoughts? Do I now have a very nice paperweight?

 

[Pete Askew]

Might be worth a set of new, non-rechargable batteries and checking and cleaning the battery contacts. They are quite fussy it seems.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Batteries was my first thought to ... Seems obvious, but it happens to all of us once in a while!

 

[Dave Green]

8 fresh high power Duracells - all visible contacts cleaned.

Nowt

Everything else works. Displays light up - meter works - AF works.

 

[Hamish Gill]

- Camera Repairs at H. Lehmann Ltd, Canon Repairs, Nikon Repairs, Canon CPS Professional, Jessops warranty returns, Stoke,

 

[Dave Green]

Not had good expriences at Lehmanns. Both times all they've done is send my stuff to Nikon on a van that only makes one trip per week - without telling me. I could have sent straight to Nikon myself!

 

[Hamish Gill]

Hmm ... That's not good is it ... And Nikon are ****ing useless ...

 

[Dave Green]

Anyone want to buy a nice Nikon paperweight?

 

[Hamish Gill]

£5!

 

[Dave Green]

I'll keep trying

 

[Hamish Gill]

£6!

 

[Dave Moss]

£6.50

 

[Hamish Gill]

£6.51

 

[Dave Green]

Now you're just being cruel

 

[Hamish Gill]

£7!

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... I can't wait for a response ...
just trying to cheer you up matey

Give these guys a ring http://www.dccr.co.uk/

 

[Dave Moss]

Ok £7.50 but I want the lens with it lol In all seriousness I did look at taking the D80 to lehmanns for a sensor clean £70 they quoted me ended up taking it to the computer/camera repair shop in Newcastle(under lyme) £25

 

[Beth Carter]

did you try formatting the disk?

 

[Pete Askew]

I think to re-format it to a disc you'd need a very large hammer Beth.